Re: [ubuntu-marketing] LoCo Map Proposal

Ubuntu users. Is this a good > idea? Is there someone willing to help with this? > > Thank you, > .Danny > Similar to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWorldWide ? -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavi

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Melissa Draper wrote: Whoops, wrong list! Sorry! > Greetings, > > I just want to plea to those who are attending the SLUG q&a tomorrow > night... Please Behave. > > Yes, Microsoft do some petty and counterproductive things, but this does > not mean that our wonder

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;m usually not one for promoting my own blog posts, but rather than rewrite my opinion on the matter of slinging insults at Microsoft, please read a post I made last week - it's a rant at the behaviour some people displayed in the questions thread: http://www.geekosophical.net/?p=173 --

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Questionable Canonical Merchandise

T >> industry has above 40% women working (read, paid workers). Its not >> related to this issue but does not help making it an inclusive effort >> either. >> >> Jeremy, Actually, Vid exaggerated the figure. It is rather, only 1.5% female participation. The figure of 1.5

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Questionable Canonical Merchandise

ite of > what is being described here. Her first thought was that Ubuntu is > marketing Linux exclusively for women, thus alienating men. It is if > Ubuntu is a feminine distro, and not good enough for men. So, if anyone > should be offended, it should be the men who don

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Questionable Canonical Merchandise

the first to defend and support you in your fight to deal with people > who treat you badly. Please don't let your bad experiences effect > other women who want to get involved and support Ubuntu. > > > Cheers > > Chris > -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.m

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Questionable Canonical Merchandise

viouslly non meant! > It's almost like people are looking for something to gripe about! > > 'Linux for Ladies' To quote Jeff Waugh(see the link at the top of Hobbsee's post) quoting Demetri Martin: “If you want to sound like a creep, add the word ‘ladies’ to the e

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] heads up - Why Is PCLinuxOS 2007 Better Than Ubuntu?

John Levin wrote: > The question then becomes one of how can we make K/Ubuntu more complete, > 'out-of-the-box'. That is easy to answer: By changing certain laws. Unfortunately, not so easy to implement. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [UbuntuWomen] UWN #51: "... and this evenincluded some wi

o be seen as an actual contributor, rather than just someone's spouse. > > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing -- Sincerely Melissa Drape

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [UbuntuWomen] UWN #51: "... and this even included some wives"

#x27; were not the only women there as there are also 'girlfriends' and women like Lyz who are active members of their LoCos. > Cheers, > > Lyz/pleia2 > -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavingto

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Website News

appearing on the main website. > > For example, I just read this which got me thinking about the question: > http://www.ubuntu.com/news/storm-python-orm-open-sourced > Yep. I agree for the reasons of target audience differences. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com P

[ubuntu-marketing] [Fwd: Planet Ubuntu-Au]

u Security Resource*" ( http://www.itsecurity.com/features/ubuntu-secure-install-resource/). I figured I'd bring it to your attention in case you think your readers would find it useful. Either way, keep up the great blogging! Cheers, Rich McIver -- Sincerely

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Live Invite

soon? >> > > 13th may work for me, but I am still travelling until the 19th. My > timezone is also currently utc+1 > > Corey I will probably be unable to make this, since I will be a flying sardine tin ... i mean airplane ... somewhere over asia at about this time. -- S

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] French addons to UWN

at a readable length. [0] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify se

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] User surveys

er only partial or no stats :( ). -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] User surveys

> women in ubuntu community. Would this be possible ? > > Cheers Adam, and thanks for bringing that question up :) > Isabelle > The women in the community stats are consistant with Andreas Lloyd's results which can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuCensusSurvey

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] User surveys

ing the results because of how I stored the data (currently 'hardcoding' the parsing which is of course slow), and a host change etc. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing ma

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Team/Feature of the week

gosphere events, why try an outreach to women by giving Ubuntu-Women a run? The contact/coordinator is Pleia2. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Meeting

0&sec=0&p1=0 which will tell you what UTC 20:00 is in timezones all around the world, including yours. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketi

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

h appropriate guidelines for entries (ie, no vandalism or other illegal activity etc) can be hugely amusing and entertaining. However, for some of the more attention-grabbing things, something needs to be offered as incentive. What could we offer? -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.c

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Replace the UWN with something a little more "Social"?

does anyone know if this has been backported or not, or if it was ever suggested for such? -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Buttons and Banners

~Saadi (persian poet) -1258 */ > -- > http://ImPersian.com | http://www.ubuntu.ir > **** https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WebsiteButtons -- Sin

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] mailing list

Mikey wrote: > I want to join and be on the mailing list as well. Take a look at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing There are also other lists that may interest you at https://lists.ubuntu.com Enjoy! :) -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Ph

[ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Team Meeting Summary

* Somerville32 volunteered == Herd2 Doc == * Not due until Jan 11th, but we need to bear it in mind. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com

[ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Team Meeting - Midnight UTC this Saturday

- Communication hiccups suck. However, I hope to see plenty of enthusiastic and imaginative marketeers on Saturday night. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Flash-Free Videos

orey ffmpeg2theora worked wonders for converting the akamaru/kiba dock vid I made. ps. Sorry for the accidental direct reply, Corey :-/ Seems mailing lists and I still have issues ;) -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Timeline for Surveys Updated

the one effort covering multiple methods to get the most information possible. On the up-side, if both sets of results are similar, it adds to the credibility of both approaches. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubunt

[ubuntu-marketing] Timeline for Surveys Updated

ce surveys with people, rather than online -- SFD events /swap-meets/computer-expos would be ideal for this), could you send me a private email to let me know your intention to participate. A huge Thanks to everyone who has already helped, and Thanks in advance for those who will be helping later on.

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Survey & Counter

John Baer wrote: > Melissa, > > What a great effort! Will there be a connection to the "Ubuntu Counter > Project"? Take the survey and be counted ... > > John I'm sure the projects will promote each other in some way or another. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3

seems to be a worthy contender. thanks. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3

t off question ideas. That's all we need at this point, really. We can't put it together until we have the ingredients ;) -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.u

[ubuntu-marketing] Survey Questions

he Previous Users section more, since it joined the race late. I hope to have enough questions in about a fortnight's time to start drawing up drafts of the surveys, so there's plenty of time to test, review and distribute. Let's get cracking! -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http:

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Purpose of the Magazine

t, The Fridge is already the base for the magazine/mag-site you're wanting to make. It might sound crazy, but why not talk things through with the guys doing The Fridge. You might be surprised. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Structure

no factions. Please, if you have anything to say regarding the marketing team etc, tell the whole team, not just a couple of people. At least one person has done this in the past few days. You know who you are. > Simple :) Agreed. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Ph

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Information Hub for Research Initiatives

think it would be worthwhile to establish an actual sub-group of marketing regarding research? Maybe a group called 'Ubuntu-Research' Launchpad or something? -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing maili

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu T-Shirt design competition

to seeing your ideas and designs and many > thanks to those in the forums who have been suggesting that we do this! If you haven't already, maybe you could set up a wiki page with the submitted designs so we can see what sorts of coolness people are coming up with? -- Sincerely Melissa D

[ubuntu-marketing] Information Hub for Research Initiatives

t objectives, a brief description and information about who started it and who's currently involved, as well as a link to the project's wiki page. Chris Kenyon and/or Andreas Lloyd: Could you check that what I put on the page regarding your project is accurate and sufficient? -- Since

[ubuntu-marketing] User surveys for gathering data

time to read the Scope that I have outlined and contribute where you feel is necessary. This needs to be a group effort for it to be successful. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-mark

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Ubuntu Counter Project

ot;Look! 4000 users are registered!" and "Would you have thought, there's at least -that- many people using warty still!". Stuff like that is what made me make mention of it on here. I agree it doesn't cover *all* bases in terms of the statistics gathered, and woul

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] The Ubuntu Counter Project

it has become, but I'm not sorry for that. If it can both advertise and gain usage data then I'm thrilled. I have also just sent off a mail to the -users list, as there had been some misconception about the point of the site. Feel free to refer to there for information also. -- Sincerely

[ubuntu-marketing] The Ubuntu Counter Project

ts useful. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] #ubuntu-fridge

the better way, and keeps the channel in line with all the other #ubuntu-* channels. -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

[ubuntu-marketing] Re: fliers to accompany cds

My apologies Corey, I'm not great with mailing lists... and thunderbird seems puts the 'to' field as recipient when 'reply to sender' is selected... odd. Anyway, for the rest of you: Corey Burger wrote: Why are we mentioning the codecs issue at all? There is no need to. We are trying to get

[ubuntu-marketing] fliers to accompany cds

Greetings, First off, let me apologise for the cross-post to those receiving both doc and marketing lists. I've written a couple of fliers (one for ubuntu and one for kubuntu) for distributing with CDs. My intention is for the fliers to be printed out for sending with cds, rather than to be